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Itasca State Park Biodiversity

A guide to the Biota of Itasca State Park, Minnesota

compiled by Janet Rith-Najarian

American toad 1
Anaxyrus americanus
Spring peeper 2
Pseudacris crucifer
Boreal Chorus Frog 1
Pseudacris maculata
Northern Leopard Frog 1
Lithobates pipiens
Mink Frog 1
Lithobates septentrionalis
Wood Frog 1
Lithobates sylvaticus
Blue-spotted Salamander 1
Ambystoma laterale
Prairie Skink 1
Plestiodon septentrionalis
Common Garter Snake 2
Thamnophis sirtalis
Red-bellied snake 1
Storeria occipitomaculata
Common Snapping Turtle 1
Chelydra serpentina
Painted Turtle 1
Chrysemys picta
Western Painted Turtle 1
Chrysemys picta bellii
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Common Loon 3
Gavia immer
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
Archilochus colubris
Trumpeter Swan 5
Cygnus buccinator
Mallard 6
Anas platyrhynchos
Canada Goose 7
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 8
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 9
Lophodytes cucullatus
Osprey 10
Pandion haliaetus
Broad-winged Hawk 11
Buteo platypterus
Black-capped Chickadee 12
Poecile atricapillus
American Robin 13
Turdus migratorius
Eastern Bluebird 14
Sialia sialis
Philadelphia Vireo 15
Vireo philadelphicus
Song Sparrow 16
Melospiza melodia
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 17
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Ovenbird 18
Seiurus aurocapilla
Yellow-rumped Warbler 19
Setophaga coronata
Magnolia Warbler 20
Setophaga magnolia
Chestnut-sided Warbler 21
Setophaga pensylvanica
American Redstart 22
Setophaga ruticilla
Black-and-white Warbler 23
Mniotilta varia
Nashville Warbler 24
Oreothlypis ruficapilla
Common Yellowthroat 25
Geothlypis trichas
Golden-winged Warbler 26
Vermivora chrysoptera
Common Raven 27
Corvus corax
Purple Finch 28
Haemorhous purpureus
Eastern Gray Squirrel 29
Sciurus carolinensis
American Red Squirrel 30
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 3
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Woodchuck 31
Marmota monax
Eastern Chipmunk 32
Tamias striatus
American Beaver 33
Castor canadensis
North American Porcupine 34
Erethizon dorsatum
Meadow Vole 35
Microtus pennsylvanicus
White-tailed Deer 36
Odocoileus virginianus
Common Raccoon 37
Procyon lotor
Bobcat 38
Lynx rufus
Red Fox 39
Vulpes vulpes
Johnny Darter
Etheostoma nigrum
Yellow Perch
Perca flavescens
Largemouth Bass 40
Micropterus salmoides
White Sucker 41
Catostomus commersonii
banded killifish 42
Fundulus diaphanus
Banded Mysterysnail 43
Viviparus georgianus
Flamed Tigersnail 44
Anguispira alternata
Dark Fishing Spider 45
Dolomedes tenebrosus
Eastern Black-legged Tick 46
Ixodes scapularis
Black Cherry Leaf Gall Mite 47
Eriophyes cerasicrumena
Elm Sphinx 48
Ceratomia amyntor
One-eyed Sphinx 49
Smerinthus cerisyi
Cecropia Moth 50
Hyalophora cecropia
Polyphemus Moth 51
Antheraea polyphemus
Io Moth 52
Automeris io
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail 53
Papilio canadensis
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 54
Papilio glaucus
Hobomok Skipper 55
Poanes hobomok
Dun Skipper 56
Euphyes vestris
Chequered Skipper 57
Carterocephalus palaemon
Juvenal's Duskywing 58
Erynnis juvenalis
Red-spotted Admiral 56
Limenitis arthemis
American White Admiral 59
Limenitis arthemis arthemis
Western White Admiral 60
Limenitis arthemis rubrofasciata
Northern Crescent 59
Phyciodes cocyta
Silvery Checkerspot 61
Chlosyne nycteis
Painted Lady 62
Vanessa cardui
Mourning Cloak 63
Nymphalis antiopa
Compton Tortoiseshell 64
Nymphalis l-album
Northern Pearly-eye 65
Lethe anthedon
Atlantis Fritillary 66
Speyeria atlantis
Monarch 67
Danaus plexippus
Acadian Hairstreak
Satyrium acadica
Acadian Hairstreak ssp. acadica
Satyrium acadica acadica
Striped Hairstreak 68
Satyrium liparops
Silvery Blue 69
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
Lucia Azure 70
Celastrina lucia
Orange Sulphur 71
Colias eurytheme
Isabella Tiger Moth 72
Pyrrharctia isabella
Garden Tiger 73
Arctia caja
Virginia Ctenucha Moth 74
Ctenucha virginica
Cattail Borer Moth 75
Bellura obliqua
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth 76
Malacosoma americana
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth 77
Malacosoma disstria
Orange-tipped Wood-digger Bee 24
Anthophora terminalis
Northern Amber Bumble Bee 78
Bombus borealis
Brown-belted Bumble Bee 79
Bombus griseocollis
Tricolored Bumble Bee 80
Bombus ternarius

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